William M. Wilks 1835

William M. Wilks, 1835–

Name

William M. Wilks

Name: William M. /Wilks/
Given names: William M.
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	1835 27 22 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a paternal grandfather	John Wilks Jr January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Cause: tuberculosis Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: Page 295 Note: presumably in Mississippi. Samuel Newman Wilks wrote his father Samuel in Bedford County, Virginia, a letter dated 20 Jan 1836, "Dir father . . . Uncle JOHN and Aunt BARBY is both dead. Aunt died three days first. Neither one would take anything while they were sick."¶ Ben Wilks's daughter Betsy Ann Creasey died in 1835 of consumption, and family tradition is that John's family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, with the exception of some orphan children, died of the same disease (tuberculosis).
Death of a paternal grandmother	Barbara Newman January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Note: three days before her husband, John, died of sickness, TB
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Birth of a brother	Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838 Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1850 Census for Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: Page 422
Birth of a sister	Caroline M. Wilks 1840 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845
Marriage of a parent	General Jackson Wilks — Eliza Darby — View this family before 1846 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Marriage Records Citation details: Book A1, page 148 Text: no date but Book B begins 1846
Death of a mother	Nancy Brown before 1846 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
Census	October 22, 1850 (aged 15 years) Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Address: North of the 'Yallobusha' River Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Source: 1850 Census for Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: Page 246 Text: Enumerator: B. B. Pace Quality of data: Census image Note: in hh 694 694 as Newman Wilks, Age: 50, Male, Planter, $1000, SC; Elizabeth, Age: 35, Female, SC; Martha, Age: 20, Female, SC; John, Age: 15, Male, SC, Attended school; Charles, Age: 8, Male, SC; Lucinda, Age: 5, Female, MS; Samuel, Age: 2, Male, MS; William M. Wilks, Age: 15, Male, MS; Caroline M. Wilks, Age: 10, Female, MS, Attended school. [Newman's brother Jackson Wilks' son and daughter]
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
Occupation	Cotton Traffic after 1865 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Employer: Partnership Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
Death of a father	General Jackson Wilks
Death	yes

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: about 1808 33 28 Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy Brown William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Family with spouse Eliza Darby General Jackson Wilks 1808– Birth: about 1808 33 28 Death:
mother	Links Birth: about 1813 Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse General Jackson Wilks William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Nancy Brown 1813–1846 Birth: about 1813 Death: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
Marriage	Marriage — September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
2 years himself	Links Birth: 1835 27 22 — Alabama, USA Census: October 22, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Occupation: Cotton Traffic — after 1865 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William M. Wilks 1835– Birth: 1835 27 22 — Alabama, USA Death:
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1838 30 25 — Mississippi, USA Census: October 18, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Immigration: 1855 — Lee, Arkansas, USA Education: College — after 1855 — Arkansas, USA Military Beginning: Confederate States of America — about 1862 — Lee, Arkansas, USA Occupation: Cotton traffic — after 1865 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Occupation: Sheriff — after 1870 — Spring Creek, Lee, Arkansas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838– Birth: 1838 30 25 — Mississippi, USA Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1840 32 27 — Alabama, USA Census: October 22, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Caroline M. Wilks 1840– Birth: 1840 32 27 — Alabama, USA Death:

Father’s family with Eliza Darby
father	Links Birth: about 1808 33 28 Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy Brown William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Family with spouse Eliza Darby General Jackson Wilks 1808– Birth: about 1808 33 28 Death:
stepmother	Links Birth: about 1820 Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse General Jackson Wilks Eliza Darby 1820– Birth: about 1820 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA

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Birth	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Census	Source: 1850 Census for Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: Page 246 Text: Enumerator: B. B. Pace Quality of data: Census image
Occupation	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family

Show all notes
Census	in hh 694 694 as Newman Wilks, Age: 50, Male, Planter, $1000, SC; Elizabeth, Age: 35, Female, SC; Martha, Age: 20, Female, SC; John, Age: 15, Male, SC, Attended school; Charles, Age: 8, Male, SC; Lucinda, Age: 5, Female, MS; Samuel, Age: 2, Male, MS; William M. Wilks, Age: 15, Male, MS; Caroline M. Wilks, Age: 10, Female, MS, Attended school. [Newman's brother Jackson Wilks' son and daughter]

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Last change

May 14, 2010 – 13:27:57

Author of last change: barbaracorner

Unique identifier

E9AE1DE745EAB0C2403D7E214593FD6F

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Family with parents
father Parents John Wilks Jr Barbara Newman	General Jackson Wilks 1808–
mother	Nancy Brown 1813–1846
himself	William M. Wilks 1835–
younger brother	Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838–
younger sister	Caroline M. Wilks 1840–

Father’s family with Eliza Darby
father Parents John Wilks Jr Barbara Newman	General Jackson Wilks 1808–
stepmother	Eliza Darby 1820–

Descendants

William M. Wilks(1835–)